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Effects of Telemonitoring and Telemedicine Service for Hypertensive Care

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hypertension
Interventions
Procedure: Telemonitoring & Telemedicine
Procedure: Telemonitoring
Other: control group
Registration Number
NCT01335984
Lead Sponsor
Chang Hee, Lee
Brief Summary

This is a multi-centered, randomized, parallel group, interventional \& open label clinical trial accessing efficacy of intervention effect by smart care system over existing treatment group for lowering blood pressure of hypertension patients taking anti-hypertension drug.

Detailed Description

1. Objectives : To evaluate superiority in blood pressure lowering effect of the Smart Care Service compared to the conventional treatment in hypertensive patients receiving any conventional antihypertensive medication

2. Test and control group

* Control group : The subject group who is receiving any conventional treatment (hospital visit).

* Test groups

Conventional treatment + remote monitoring group:

The subject group who is receiving the health care services using conventional treatment (hospital visit) and remote monitoring.

Remote visit + remote monitoring group:

The subject group who is receiving remote visit and remote monitoring using videotelephony

3. Target Subject: Hypertensive patients receiving any conventional antihypertensive medication

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
440
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Male and female patients who are able to receive outpatient treatment from over 20 to under 70 years of age.- Over SBP 140mmHg without diabetes or renal failure

  2. Patients who are taking more than one kind of any antihypertensive medications

    • Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140mmHg in patient with diabetes mellitus and renal disease or
    • Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 130mmHg in patient without diabetes mellitus and renal disease
  3. Patients who are able to understand the purpose of this trial and to read and write

  4. Patients who are able to use Smart Care PC for this trial

  5. Patients who participate voluntarily and sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patients with severe hypertension (mean of two seated SBP ≥200 mmHg) at screening visit blood pressure measurement.
  2. Patients with secondary hypertension.
  3. HbA1c>11%.
  4. Patients are currently being hospitalized or planning to hospitalize due to hypertension.
  5. Patients with severe renal disease (above 1.5 times the upper limit of normal serum creatinine levels).
  6. Patients with any severe liver disease including cirrhosis (AST or ALT: above 3 times the upper limit of normal).
  7. Patients who have been suffered cardiac infarction or severe coronary artery disease within 6 months, or with clinically significant congestive heart failure or heart valve defects.
  8. Patients with phthisis, autoimmune disease or connective tissue disease.
  9. Patients on medication therapies which may interfere with their blood pressure.
  10. Patients with known history of allergic reaction or contraindication to angiotensin II antagonists.
  11. Pregnant or lactating woman.
  12. Patients with known history of alcoholism, mental illness, or drug dependency.
  13. Patients who have participated in other study within 12 weeks prior to screening visit.
  14. Any clinically significant medical condition including neurologic disease, gastrointestinal disease or malignant tumor, etc., which may affect the test results, or any other medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the patients unsuitable for participation in the trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Telemonitoring & Telemedicine groupTelemonitoring & TelemedicineThe subjects who are assigned in the Telemonitoring \& Telemedicine group should perform body composition measurement with self blood pressure measurement, and shall transmit the results to the Smart Care Serve via Smart Care PC. Telemonitoring \& Telemedicine group take remote medical treatment through video telephone instead of visiting study site.
Telemonitoring groupTelemonitoringThe subjects who are assigned in the Telemonitoring group should perform body composition measurement with self blood pressure measurement, and shall transmit the results to the Smart Care Serve via Smart Care PC. Telemonitoring group require site visit once per 2 months (8weeks)
Control groupcontrol groupThe subjects who are assigned in the Control group require site visit once per 2 months (8weeks)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinic blood pressure24 weeks

blood pressure value when hospital visiting

* Clinic blood pressure

* Changes in mean SBP(Systolic Blood Pressure) from baseline to 24 weeks visit

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinic blood pressure-Diastolic Blood Pressure(DBP)24 weeks

Changes in mean Diastolic Blood Pressure(DBP) from baseline to 24 weeks visit

Percentage of subjects who achieved goal clinic blood pressure24 weeks

Percentage of subjects who achieved blood pressure under 140/90mmHg at 24 weeks visit (under 130/80mmHg in subjects with diabetes mellitus and renal disease)

24 hours ABP(Ambulatory Blood Pressure)24 weeks

* BP measured at baseline and after administration of antihypertensive drugs at 24 weeks

* Mean values of 24 hours blood pressure (SBP / DBP) will be used for analysis

Percentage of subjects who achieved 24 hours ABP(Ambulatory Blood Pressure) goal24 weeks

* Percentage of subjects who achieved average daytime BP of 24hrs ABPM under 135/85mmHg (under 130/80mmHg in subjects with diabetes mellitus and renal disease)

* Average daytime BP will be calculated with average of each hourly mean from 07:00 to 22:59 of the Clock time

Self blood pressure measurement24 weeks

Mean value of each week of self blood pressure measurement (Systolic/Diastolic) from baseline to 24 weeks

Medication compliance24 weeks

* Patients diary will be recorded and medication compliance will be calculated by calculating the number of days administered antihypertensive drugs during the study

* Drugs compliance = the number of days administered antihypertensive drugs / participated period in this study \* 100%

Reduction of body mass index24 weeks

Changes of Body Mass Index(BMI)

- Body Mass Index(BMI)=Body weight (kg)/Height2(m) from baseline to 24 weeks

Assessment of patients' satisfaction24 weeks

Only remote monitoring group and remote visit + remote monitoring group are applicable

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

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Daegu, Korea, Republic of

Yeungnam University Medical Center

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Daegu, Korea, Republic of

Yonsei University Health System

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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